If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

I went north just as I did yesterday. I too had the misfortune of a CNR encounter. Of course it happened immediately after I tied on an expensive X-Rap that I had modified with in-line hooks. I guess that was $10 or $12 donated to the deep.

In addition to the ray, I hooked three small 12 to 14 inch stripers trolling and I caught 31 more white perch casting. By the way, I caught a 12 inch white perch today but it jumped off my Hawg Trough before I could photograph it. Harry said, "no photo no fish". So I won't report it.

I also caught something in about 20 feet of water that will make my grand kids happy:

It amazes me how they manage to cleanly bite through the plastic and just miss the hook.

So that's my report for the actual scheduled day of fishing. Yesterday's outing was a mistake, but enjoyable. However, the lack of decent Severn stripers from Jonas is curious. Baitfish are everywhere breaking the surface and clouds of them were clearly visible below on my FF. But noticeably missing are slicks and the heavy fishy smell of them being consumed by stripers. I think if the stripers discover the river is loaded with food the bite for them will improve tremendously.

I don't know what the guys who went south caught but the radio wasn't lighting up with excitement from their transmissions. I hope they did better than me.

Every year about this time the Spalding Tree drops it's fruit. The big brown ones are the product of planting the tree too close to the water. The day glow green fuzzy smaller ones flow thru the sewer drain system to arrive on the river after a storm.

Every year about this time the Spalding Tree drops it's fruit. The big brown ones are the product of planting the tree too close to the water. The day glow green fuzzy smaller ones flow thru the sewer drain system to arrive on the river after a storm.